This publication documents the concepts, sources and methods used to compile the Australian Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) and International Trade Price Indexes (ITPIs). This publication also provides insight into the practical challenges faced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) compiling these Indexes, and how it deals with these challenges.

The Australian PPIs and ITPIs are compiled in broad agreement with the guidelines contained in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Producer Price Index Manual, Theory and Practice (2004) and Export and Import Price Index Manual, Theory and Practice (2009). However, the IMF guidelines are not written from an Australian perspective. Accordingly, this publication aims to provide users of Australia's PPIs and ITPIs with an explanation of:

the historical background of the Australian Producer and International Trade Price Indexes

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